Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

कामः क्रोधो भयं लोभो मत्सरश्चाभ्यसूयता । तस्मिन्युगे सहस्राक्ष न भवंति कदाचन

Transliteration

kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ lobho matsaraścābhyasūyatā | tasminyuge sahasrākṣa na bhavaṃti kadācana

Translation

ഹേ സഹസ്രാക്ഷനായ ഇന്ദ്രാ! ആ യുഗത്തിൽ കാമം, ക്രോധം, ഭയം, ലോഭം, മത്സരം, അഭ്യസൂയ—ഇവ ഒരിക്കലും ഉദിക്കുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• कामः: desire
• कामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative singular)

• लोभः: greed
• लोभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• मत्सरः: envy
• मत्सरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अभ्यसूयता: malice, fault-finding
• अभ्यसूयता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यसूयता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative singular)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/Time अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Pronoun; Locative singular)

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative singular)

• सहस्राक्ष: O thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्ष: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘सहस्राणि अक्षाणि यस्य’ (Masculine, Vocative singular; epithet)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• भवन्ति: exist/occur
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Present indicative, 3rd person plural, parasmaipada)

• कदाचन: ever
• कदाचन: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ever/at any time)

Speaker

Brahmā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Sahasrākṣa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, luminous age-scene: calm-faced beings without agitation; symbolic depiction of the six vices as dormant, bound, or absent; Indra listening as the narrator describes the faultless yuga.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Kṛta-yuga
• Arishadvarga (inner vices)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest social order begins with inner purity—when the mind is free of the major vices, dharma becomes effortless and stable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the moral atmosphere of the Kṛta age.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implicitly points to mastery over inner enemies as the foundation of dharma.